Tsaoism A simple guide to understanding children and adults [Paperback]

Why do children act so predictably? What’s the scientific explanation for why young men get “blue balls?’’ Tsaoism probes these and other children and adolescent issues in language made simple and understandable. It’s a guide for parents, patients and medical professionals seeking to understand the roots of human behavior.

“…a fun read. Serious yet prepared with a light and accessible touch. Highly informative. It covers a substantial range of material in a jargon-free manner while explaining core ideas, a rare trait! The volume will appeal to a broad range of people including patients, parents and many practitioners of different stripes. It is filled with solid, superbly practical advice and wonderful nuggets….radiates interpersonal and emotional honesty which adds to its convincing nature….Rarely will one encounter someone who so thoroughly enjoys working with mildly as well as profoundly troubled and difficult adolescents and their families, and conveys by word and action the respect he has for those individuals and their families…deserves to be, and I hope will be, published by a popular press for a broad audience.”

Jack D. Barchas, M.D.
Barklie McKee Henry Professor and Chair
Weil Cornell Medical College
Psychiatrist-in-Chief
New York-Presbyterian Hospital

    Contents
Introduction
Crazy Baby
Smiling Elmo
Oedipus the King
Drill Instructor
Sense of Nonsense
Addendum 1:     Women, Men, and Blue Balls
Addendum 2:     ADD/ADHD Medications, the Truth
Addendum 3:     Face Theory and the Holy Land
Final Thoughts

Tsaoism is a guide for parents, patients and medical professionals seeking to understand the roots of human behavior.